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TRUNK LOOK. No. 296,345. Patented Apr. 8, 1884'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FRANK \V. MIX, OF INE\V BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR TO THE CORBIN CABINET LOCK COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUNK-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 296,345, dated April8, 1884. I Application filed January 11, 1884. (No model.) I

.T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. MIX, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TrunkHasps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hasps for trunks; and theobjects of my improvements are simplicity of construction, economy inproduction, and to remove the strain from thepintle of the hasp, andthereby produce one of superior strength. I attain these objects by theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front elevation of my hasp. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof on line a: a; of Fig. 2, looking tothe right. Fig. 4 is afront elevation of the base-plate of my hasp, andFig. 5 is a front view of the hasp proper.

I have illustrated my hasp as adapted to receive a lock in its circularlower end, but my improvement relates to the manner of connecting thehasp proper to its baseplate, and consequently it is immaterial whatconstruction is employed for the other parts.

A designates the base-plate, to which the hasp proper, B, is hinged.vided with arectangular opening, having bearing-shoulders a a at eachend upon the side which is nearest the swinging end of the hasp. Uponthe back of the base-plate, and at the ends of therectaugular opening,piutle-recesscs b, Fig. 2, are formed, as shown. The hasp proper, B, isprovided with trunnions or pintles c, the same being formed on the endof the lateral projections d, the inner face of which is adapted toengage the bearing-shoulders c of the plateA. The base-plate A is alsoprovided with a connecting-bar, f, Figs. 2 and 4, which extends acrossfrom shoulders at a to strengthen the plate. The front of thisconnesting-bar f is recessed at a point between the shoulders a asufficiently to allow the body of the hasp B to extend downward from theshoulders. These two parts being thus formed, preferably by casting, areassembled by passing the pintle end of the hasp cornerwise from 50 thefront through the rectangular opening in the base-plate, and after bothpintles have been thus passed through the opening they are brought intothe pintle-recesses, as shown.

Said plate is pro As in an ordinary trunk-hasp, a spring may be rivetedto the back of the hasp for the purpose of throwing it outward whenreleased, and the usual stop may be secured to the back of thebase-plate, to limit the extent that the spring shall throw the haspoutward. Such spring and stop being well known in trunkhasps, it isdeemed unnecessary to illustrate and describe them.

hen the hasp is swung outward, so as to stand at an angle to thebase-plate, it will turn upon its pintles substantially the same as ifthe bearing-shoulders were not present; but when the hasp extends in aposition substantially parallel with the base plate, then the in nerfaces of the lateral projections (I will engage the bearing-shoulders aa, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, and take all the pulling strain ofthe hasp, thereby practically relieving the pintles from any strain.This enables me to make the pintles smaller than could be done in casethe pulling strain was brought to bear upon them. The construc-" tion isalso very simple, and enables the hasp to be produced at a small cost.

I am aware of the existence of a patent to Lconhardt Uitting, No.62,453, February 26, 1867, and I hereby disclaim the state of the art asillustrated therein.

I claim as my invention 7 1. The improved hasp, consisting of thebase-plate having the opening with bearingshoulders a c at each end, andthe hasp B, having the lateral projections d for engaging saidbearing-shoulders, said hasp being also connected with the base-plate bymeans of a suitable pintle, substantially as described, and for thepurpose specified.

2. The improved hasp, consisting of the base-plate having the openingand connectingbarf, with bearing-shoulders a a at each end thereof, andthe hasp B, having the lateral projections 61 for engaging saidbearing-shoulders, said hasp being also connected with the base-plate bymeans of a suitable pintle, and extended therefrom in front of the barft0- ward the keeper, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

FRANK I MIX.

lVitnesses:

Gno. W. CORBIS, G120. B. GowLEs.

